Re: [PATCH net] ibmvnic: Wait for device response when changing MAC

2018-01-29 Thread David Miller
From: Thomas Falcon Date: Mon, 29 Jan 2018 13:45:05 -0600 > Wait for a response from the VNIC server before exiting after setting > the MAC address. The resolves an issue with bonding a VNIC client in > ALB or TLB modes. The bonding driver was changing the MAC

[PATCH net] ibmvnic: Wait for device response when changing MAC

2018-01-29 Thread Thomas Falcon
Wait for a response from the VNIC server before exiting after setting the MAC address. The resolves an issue with bonding a VNIC client in ALB or TLB modes. The bonding driver was changing the MAC address more rapidly than the device could respond, causing the following errors. "bond0: the hw